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The Daily Square – The Guns of Brixton Edition

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Todays links of interest: What is “Library Bypass”?Hmm, this topic has arisen in various forums several times in the past week. Something in the air or everyone seeing a smart solution to a looming problem? Joe Esposito offers his thoughts. 75 wordsWhat came after information wants to be free? Quite a bit actually. Edifying. Important. Exclusive: A Talk With the ‘Wild Things’ CreatorsRead for Maurice Sendak’s commentary on his fight with his editors over the word hot.

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The Daily Square – When Did Jesus Become a Republican? Edition

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Todays links of interest: Patricia Cornwell’s Latest MysterySad story, but a solid lesson at the end: when you let other people manage your money, you should at least pay attention to what they’re doing. You Can’t Even Buy ‘Wolf Hall’ (Because of the Nazi Capitalist E-Book Conspiracy!)Or due to stupid publishing tricks. Your call. Reclaiming Your Copyright After Thirty-Five YearsMust-read for all authors. Jane Litte on copyright terms, reversion, and reclaiming your copyright.

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On Reality Based Business

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In his Frankfurt wrap-up, Richard Nash distills a lot of thoughts and questions into some very big ideas. Picking a single quote was hard, so go read and consider the whole thing. There will be an essay test later. What this means is that we (publishers, authors, agents) are going to need to make decisions based on the world that is (people will make unauthorized copies, people will undercut your price), rather than the world we will wish for. Until recently, it was not clear that the publishing industry accepted this, but these statements by Richard Charkin, Victoria Barnsley and

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The Daily Square – Stiff Competition Edition

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Todays links of interest: What is the Problem with International Ebooks?Joanna Penn throws several ideas into the mix: prices, rights, and the US-centric ebook marketplace. Will The Lost Symbol Kill Book Publishing?No. Off the Shelf, Onto the Laptop – Libraries Try Digital BooksOh yeah, libraries are queuing up to be the next big issue in ebook world. Stay tuned…this one is going to especially bumpy.

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Moving Beyond Catch Phrases

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Like so many others, I am bemused by some of the coverage of the Tools of Change Frankfurt conference (bemused=not sure people interviewed were at same conference I attended)*. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but when your industry is undergoing what can generously be described as upheaval, it is imperative that you listen to other viewpoints. You do not have to agree, but if you’re not hearing what the other side is saying, you are making a huge mistake. DRM — Digital Rights Management — has effective and useful applications. I heard representatives from major European publishers say (and

The Future of Publishing

The Daily Square – Hey Ladies Edition

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Todays links of interest: Amazon Kindle Now for Sale to Customers in More Than 100 CountriesLots of moving parts to this story — like, O Canada! why no Kindle? — but big move on the part of Amazon. Amended Google Deal Targeted for November 9Wow. It looks like this deal is actually being fast-tracked. eReader Holiday Outlook: Forrester Ups Its Projections By 50%Forrester sees big things in the ereader market over the next year.

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The Daily Square – Breathe Lies Edition

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Todays links of interest: Interview with the FTC’s Richard ClelandEd Champion speaks with the FTC about the new reviewer guidelines. It’s like asking for volunteers to be test cases. Molly Crabapple’s World, Drawn From Her Tastes in Aesthetics and BurlesqueA look at Molly Crabapple, BS’s art goddess. ARL report on the current use of E-Books in Libraries: Publishing StrategyA first look at a huge topic.

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In Defense of Single Purpose Devices

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Once upon a time, I believed that nobody wanted a single purpose reading device. Why, I wondered, would anyone want something that did only one thing*, albeit very well? It made no sense to me. We had the technology and all that. (And this despite my lifelong love affair with the classic single purpose reader.) I was wrong. Oh, that’s so harsh. Let me soften the blow to myself: I wasn’t entirely right. Recently, I read an article entitled “Singe Purpose E-Book Readers are Dead“. This was moments after I’d been reading on my Kindle. In the backyard. In the

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On Readers, Importance of

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In which a very smart man says it better than we ever could: One of the things we’re doing the best, I think, is engaging with our audience, and listening. Publishing is a very insular industry, where insiders are constantly talking to each other, but very rarely do they actually talk to or listen to the actual end customer: the reader. There have traditionally been some very valid arguments as for why this is the case, but as digital media democratizes the world more and more, those arguments become much less convincing or even relevant. Tor.com is one way in

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